Memorial Day Weekend

Busy weekend as usual... I just figured out Saturday morning that I love going to places like Target really early in the morning before everyone else is up and out. I just fed Solomon, changed into workout clothes and headed out. There was hardly anyone at the store and it was so easy to get around. Plus, Solomon loves the mornings, so it was easier to get him going.


I've posted some new photos of our little man at: http://www.haverhillstudios.com/gallery/albun08.
Also, here are a few new videos of him. I've had trouble getting one of him crawling. He seems to sense a video camera, as I do. I'll grab the camera as he is crawling and instantly, he stops and looks back at me... so the one on here is so so..

Chewing while Giggling

Talking about something very important

Part II
I'm in Washington D.C. for work today and tomorrow. My flights were a little messed up yesterday but I ended up getting in on time afterall!! Yea! The weather is great here. They had fireworks last night and a today they had a George W. Bush impersonator. Definitely catering to an older crowd, humor-wise, but he was actually really funny... he just ran a little long. We went to some super hip club last night that was annoying. Tonight, I hope to grab some dinner and sleep a little!

It seems like Solomon had a good day with my dad yesterday. He's at daycare today and with my mom tomorrow. I can't wait to get back to see the little guy. Alex put me on speakerphone when I called yesterday and said that Solomon's face lit up when he heard my voice. He's such a sweetie.

A few more videos.......
Our Malaysian-Caucasian jumping bean..

Crawling towards himself...

Update

I don't really have too much to update...
Solomon turned eight months old on Thursday. He's been waving bye/hi to people, which is kind of fun and randomly clapping as well.. although there's not really much sound, just the movement.
We went to a friend's BBQ on Friday. It was fun, but I had to leave early to get Solomon to bed. A deer walked right in front of my car on the way home.. a little scary, but it wasn't too close. We took Solomon to Waterbabies on Saturday morning and then to my friend Kerri's graduation/early b-day/housewarming party that afternoon.
Today, we installed the upright carseat in one of our cars. It was kind of a nightmare, mostly b/c of the cryptic instructions. After we had it installed, we realized how easy it was. However, the instructions were annoying and Solomon wasn't really cooperating either.
I did find a good deal on baby formula at Target today. Solomon is fully on formula now. I had almost two months of free formula from my doctor, so I'm having to buy some now.
Back to work tomorrow.

New Videos/Pictures

Sunday is my first Mother's Day, so Solomon decided to make me a little something at daycare. His teachers assured me that he made this flower pot. At least I do know that he contributed the handprint. Either way, it's pretty cute!

The next picture is of Solomon in his swim trunks right before Waterbabies a few weeks ago. He's already sporting a better tan than I've ever had in my entire life. What a sweetie.

Solomon is really starting to respond to Coco. It's pretty cute. He really likes her as you can see in the video below.

Solomon is trying to figure out the sippy cup. For now, it's more of something he just gums. The squeaky sound cracks me up.

Gettin' a move on

Solomon officially started crawling today. We had him on a blanket on the floor while we were watching TV and he just took (slowly) for a folder of Alex's on the floor. Then, we put the remote control in front of him and he went for that too. I guess we have to watch him much more closely now! Hopefully, I can post a video of it sometime soon. He's mobile!

Good times...

It was a fun and busy weekend. I started the weekend off by going to the KU Barnstorming Tour with my friend Bethany. It was so much fun and I got to meet all of the National Championship winning KU basketball players. Everyone knows how much I love KU basketball so I was a giddy mess by the end of the night. The highlight was that I went up to Darnell Jackson for an autograph and told him he was my favorite. He proceed to give me a hug and I took this picture with him!!! It was awesome. I think he might think that I'm a stalker as I told him that he is my "side salad" and that Alex is my "main course" and that I was going to make a sign that said, "I'm married Darnell, but can we still snuggle". He laughed and said that we could still snuggle! Ha ha ha!! Anyway, it was a lot of fun and the game was fun to watch too. Former KU star and Wichita Native, BJ Williams, also played on the other team.

Saturday, we went to our first Water Babies class with Solomon. It was fun and he really seemed to like the water. The teacher said he was a good floater (on his back). He totally crashed after the class. He was so tired. After that, Alex took a bunch of photos of Solomon and Zoe.

Saturday night, Alex and I went to Sumo with Sara and Shane and then to see "Baby Mama". It was really funny.

Sunday, I spent most of the day working on pulling junk out of our house for the garage sale this weekend catching up on other stuff. I still need to plant flowers and do yardwork!

Giggly guy

I just shot this video. He does this all the time where if I look away and then look back at him, he giggles. So, every time , he laughs you know I've just looked at him with a silly face. It's so cute!

Still Coming Down

I feel as if I'm still on top of the world right now after our National Championship victory that happened already over a week ago. I am still reading every little bit in the news media that I can find and still get nervous, as if I don't know that we won. It was awesome to see that about 100k people showed up for the parade in Lawrence last weekend. We would have gone, but it was my niece, Zoe's 5th b-day party. She's a cutie and was VERY excited to open presents, especially the "Fur Real McCaw", a creepy fake bird that does lifelike things, such as eating a fake cracker, talking and blinking. I can't believe she's five already.

I posted some new pics of Solomon, cute as usual! Check them out: http://www.haverhillstudios.com/gallery/view_album.php?page=1

Solomon starts a new daycare next week and Alex's mom is here through tomorrow to help us out while we don't have daycare this week. She brought along some diapers and wipes... always needed baby supplies!

It should be a fun weekend. Solomon has his first "Water Babies" class on Sunday. We'll have to take photos. Alex's dad is also visiting us on Sunday for some IT help (from Alex).